On 1/14/14, 12:17 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:57:38 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 1/14/14, 11:50 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:22:27 -0500, Hank wrote:


The tilapia I have tasted had an off taste to it. I can't really
describe it but I didn't like it. My neighbor cooked up some wild caught
tilapia for us and you could taste the difference (better). It helps,
too, that he's a pretty good cook.

You can usually catch Tilapia in just about any pond or road side
ditch around here. I am not sure the chemicals in a golf pond are any
better than what they have in Asian farm ponds. I guess they don't
have the anti-biotic load and that is a good thing.
I imagine the people are really worried about them taking over the
lakes.


Sort of like we've taken over the habitat from the woodland creatures,
eh?

The way humans behave towards each other in terms of war, avoidable
famine, spread of diseases, et cetera, I'm not convinced we are the
"higher species." I've seen more cooperation from the squirrels and
raccoons helping each other eat along our tree line than I see from humans.

Tilapia...cichlids...blech. I've pretty much given up eating "fresh
water" seafood, and I'm more picky these days about salt water seafood.
It's too bad because fish has always been one of my favorite "eats."


If you know anyone in Central Florida see if they will get you some
"Specks" (folks up north would call them Crappie). That is a plentiful
native fish in most Florida lakes and they are good pan fish.
In salt water, it is hard to beat a snook but you have to catch them.
It is illegal to buy and sell them.



Yes, I've caught both, and both are tasty. Up here, we buy fresh cod,
halibut, flounder, and salmon, the latter allegedly from Alaska.
Neither my wife nor I much like the taste of striped bass.

When I was a kid, I used to like to catch porgies. As a little kid, I'd
go out almost every morning with a retired printer from whom my parents
rented a cottage. He was a hell of a fisherman. I was too small to clean
the fish, so whatever I brought back, he'd clean while I watched, and
I'd give at least two mealsworth to my mom to cook up. We used sandworms
for bait. On the way back, we'd troll for stripers along a rocky
waterfront and sometimes get lucky.

One of my favorite fish in Florida was whiting, which we thought had a
fine delicate taste. Easy to catch, too. Our neighbor from across the
street, who was from the Philippines, would only take the heads, never
the filets. She made a soup of of them. It drove her husband nutso,
because the soup had the fish eyeballs floating in them, and the sight
of them made him queasy, or so he claimed. Also liked kingfish and
Spanish mack steaks, and all the flounder we caught under the boat docks
at the marinas in St. Augustine. Florida has terrific salt-water
fishing. Up here, in the Bay, it is in comparison mediocre.

On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:35:10 PM UTC-6, wrote:


When I was up there Rock Fish were still rare and protected.

The best catch was croakers or sea trout if you could get away from

the blue fish. (fishing below Tangier Island on the cliffs)

When we had a decent price on blue fish we would get some but I don't

want to eat them myself. Usually we would just run from them.

Greg, seeing I'm not familiar with them, whats the deal with "blue fish?"

On 1/15/2014 12:27 AM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:35:10 PM UTC-6, wrote:


When I was up there Rock Fish were still rare and protected.

The best catch was croakers or sea trout if you could get away from

the blue fish. (fishing below Tangier Island on the cliffs)

When we had a decent price on blue fish we would get some but I don't

want to eat them myself. Usually we would just run from them.

Greg, seeing I'm not familiar with them, whats the deal with "blue fish?"


Huge fighters, very rich and oily meat... A lot of folks don't like it
and usually recipes start with "it tastes good if....". I don't like
recipes that start like that but I do like Bluefish poppers with hot red
pepper sauce...

On 1/15/2014 2:06 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:27:50 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 9:35:10 PM UTC-6, wrote:


When I was up there Rock Fish were still rare and protected.

The best catch was croakers or sea trout if you could get away from

the blue fish. (fishing below Tangier Island on the cliffs)

When we had a decent price on blue fish we would get some but I don't

want to eat them myself. Usually we would just run from them.

Greg, seeing I'm not familiar with them, whats the deal with "blue fish?"

Just nasty assed fish. They are strong and oily, they tear up your
leaders and one of those *******s bit me once. He jumped up out of the
box when I opened the lid and bit me on the arm.
If that is what you want to do that day, they are fun to fight with
but it is not challenging to catch them. Look for the birds and throw
damn near anything at them. They will hit it..
You really don't want them coming in if you are on fish you want.



The first time I caught a blue was while stationed in Annapolis, MD.
Someone reported that a big school of them were in the bay and I grabbed
my only fishing gear ... a fresh water rod with 12 lb test line.
The only lure I had was a four or five inch Rebel.

The birds were working and the water was churning with blues attacking
the bait fish. I cast into the middle of it and a blue immediately hit
the lure.

It was fun landing it, especially on the light fishing rod. I finally
managed to pull it up on the ground and reached down to remove the Rebel
that was half way in the blue's mouth. The fish suddenly clamped down
on the plastic lure and shattered it in several pieces. Earned my
respect fast.

On 1/14/2014 10:35 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:11:25 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 1/14/14, 12:17 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:57:38 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 1/14/14, 11:50 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:22:27 -0500, Hank wrote:


The tilapia I have tasted had an off taste to it. I can't really
describe it but I didn't like it. My neighbor cooked up some wild caught
tilapia for us and you could taste the difference (better). It helps,
too, that he's a pretty good cook.

You can usually catch Tilapia in just about any pond or road side
ditch around here. I am not sure the chemicals in a golf pond are any
better than what they have in Asian farm ponds. I guess they don't
have the anti-biotic load and that is a good thing.
I imagine the people are really worried about them taking over the
lakes.


Sort of like we've taken over the habitat from the woodland creatures,
eh?

The way humans behave towards each other in terms of war, avoidable
famine, spread of diseases, et cetera, I'm not convinced we are the
"higher species." I've seen more cooperation from the squirrels and
raccoons helping each other eat along our tree line than I see from humans.

Tilapia...cichlids...blech. I've pretty much given up eating "fresh
water" seafood, and I'm more picky these days about salt water seafood.
It's too bad because fish has always been one of my favorite "eats."


If you know anyone in Central Florida see if they will get you some
"Specks" (folks up north would call them Crappie). That is a plentiful
native fish in most Florida lakes and they are good pan fish.
In salt water, it is hard to beat a snook but you have to catch them.
It is illegal to buy and sell them.



Yes, I've caught both, and both are tasty. Up here, we buy fresh cod,
halibut, flounder, and salmon, the latter allegedly from Alaska.
Neither my wife nor I much like the taste of striped bass.

When I was a kid, I used to like to catch porgies. As a little kid, I'd
go out almost every morning with a retired printer from whom my parents
rented a cottage. He was a hell of a fisherman. I was too small to clean
the fish, so whatever I brought back, he'd clean while I watched, and
I'd give at least two mealsworth to my mom to cook up. We used sandworms
for bait. On the way back, we'd troll for stripers along a rocky
waterfront and sometimes get lucky.

One of my favorite fish in Florida was whiting, which we thought had a
fine delicate taste. Easy to catch, too. Our neighbor from across the
street, who was from the Philippines, would only take the heads, never
the filets. She made a soup of of them. It drove her husband nutso,
because the soup had the fish eyeballs floating in them, and the sight
of them made him queasy, or so he claimed. Also liked kingfish and
Spanish mack steaks, and all the flounder we caught under the boat docks
at the marinas in St. Augustine. Florida has terrific salt-water
fishing. Up here, in the Bay, it is in comparison mediocre.

When I was up there Rock Fish were still rare and protected.
The best catch was croakers or sea trout if you could get away from
the blue fish. (fishing below Tangier Island on the cliffs)
When we had a decent price on blue fish we would get some but I don't
want to eat them myself. Usually we would just run from them.

Bluefish take a bum rap. They're fun to catch, if you're careful. If you
handle them carefully and cook them properly, they make wonderful steaks
and fillets. More tasty than any of the common cold water whitefish.

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:35:10 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:11:25 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 1/14/14, 12:17 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:57:38 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 1/14/14, 11:50 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:22:27 -0500, Hank wrote:


The tilapia I have tasted had an off taste to it. I can't really
describe it but I didn't like it. My neighbor cooked up some wild caught
tilapia for us and you could taste the difference (better). It helps,
too, that he's a pretty good cook.

You can usually catch Tilapia in just about any pond or road side
ditch around here. I am not sure the chemicals in a golf pond are any
better than what they have in Asian farm ponds. I guess they don't
have the anti-biotic load and that is a good thing.
I imagine the people are really worried about them taking over the
lakes.


Sort of like we've taken over the habitat from the woodland creatures,
eh?

The way humans behave towards each other in terms of war, avoidable
famine, spread of diseases, et cetera, I'm not convinced we are the
"higher species." I've seen more cooperation from the squirrels and
raccoons helping each other eat along our tree line than I see from humans.

Tilapia...cichlids...blech. I've pretty much given up eating "fresh
water" seafood, and I'm more picky these days about salt water seafood.
It's too bad because fish has always been one of my favorite "eats."


If you know anyone in Central Florida see if they will get you some
"Specks" (folks up north would call them Crappie). That is a plentiful
native fish in most Florida lakes and they are good pan fish.
In salt water, it is hard to beat a snook but you have to catch them.
It is illegal to buy and sell them.



Yes, I've caught both, and both are tasty. Up here, we buy fresh cod,
halibut, flounder, and salmon, the latter allegedly from Alaska.
Neither my wife nor I much like the taste of striped bass.

When I was a kid, I used to like to catch porgies. As a little kid, I'd
go out almost every morning with a retired printer from whom my parents
rented a cottage. He was a hell of a fisherman. I was too small to clean
the fish, so whatever I brought back, he'd clean while I watched, and
I'd give at least two mealsworth to my mom to cook up. We used sandworms
for bait. On the way back, we'd troll for stripers along a rocky
waterfront and sometimes get lucky.

One of my favorite fish in Florida was whiting, which we thought had a
fine delicate taste. Easy to catch, too. Our neighbor from across the
street, who was from the Philippines, would only take the heads, never
the filets. She made a soup of of them. It drove her husband nutso,
because the soup had the fish eyeballs floating in them, and the sight
of them made him queasy, or so he claimed. Also liked kingfish and
Spanish mack steaks, and all the flounder we caught under the boat docks
at the marinas in St. Augustine. Florida has terrific salt-water
fishing. Up here, in the Bay, it is in comparison mediocre.

When I was up there Rock Fish were still rare and protected.
The best catch was croakers or sea trout if you could get away from
the blue fish. (fishing below Tangier Island on the cliffs)
When we had a decent price on blue fish we would get some but I don't
want to eat them myself. Usually we would just run from them.

The best eating fish I've caught in the bay are weakfish, sometimes called salt water trout.
Rockfish, to me, have no flavor. Croakers don't have much more, and they're watery as hell. White
perch are a good eating fish.
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